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I’ve had my 1978 Spider for a couple years now, driven it a bit and loved every mile but unfortunately it’s been one repair after another. I love the car, the history and experience of driving it, but I want to do more of that, drive it, and less repairing.
For that reason I’m, like the title says, swapping a 2.0 for a 2.0. I’ll stumble my way through it and draw inspiration from others who have done the like before me (Keven’s s2000 swap from 18yrs ago is a regular reference for me).
I apologize now to the purists who are undoubtably not impressed with this move. But for those like me, hopefully there are some useful pieces in here for anyone else interested in going down this rabbit hole. I’m a couple months into it at this point and will do my best to chronicle the process and provide the story from start to finish. I’ll share thoughts and ask for input, post lots of photos; if it gets to be too much, let me know. I’ve always found photos helpful when referencing build threads. I’ll also post some backstory on what I did with this car before landing on this idea.
So, all that said, here we go...
For that reason I’m, like the title says, swapping a 2.0 for a 2.0. I’ll stumble my way through it and draw inspiration from others who have done the like before me (Keven’s s2000 swap from 18yrs ago is a regular reference for me).
I apologize now to the purists who are undoubtably not impressed with this move. But for those like me, hopefully there are some useful pieces in here for anyone else interested in going down this rabbit hole. I’m a couple months into it at this point and will do my best to chronicle the process and provide the story from start to finish. I’ll share thoughts and ask for input, post lots of photos; if it gets to be too much, let me know. I’ve always found photos helpful when referencing build threads. I’ll also post some backstory on what I did with this car before landing on this idea.
So, all that said, here we go...